# politika
## Cebuano
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish política.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /poˈlitika/ [poˈl̪i.t̪ɪ.kɐ]
* Hyphenation: po‧li‧ti‧ka

### Noun

polítiká (Badlit spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜒᜆᜒᜃ)
* politics
    Naunsa na ang politika?What's the matter with the politics?

#### Derived terms

* pagpamolitika
* pamolitika
* politikanhon

#### Related terms

* politikal
* politiko

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Politik.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpolɪtɪka]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

politika f
* politics
* policy
    provést politiky ― to implement policies

#### Derived terms

* fiskální politika
* monetární politika

#### Related terms

* See polis
* politický
* politik
* politikum
* politizace
* politizovat
* zpolitizovat

### Further reading

* “politika”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “politika”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “politika”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: [poliˈtika]
* Rhymes: -ika
* Hyphenation: po‧li‧ti‧ka

### Adjective

politika (accusative singular politikan, plural politikaj, accusative plural politikajn)
* political

#### Related terms

* politiko

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From Latin politica, from Ancient Greek πολιτική (politikḗ, “politics”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpolitikɒ]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: po‧li‧ti‧ka
* Rhymes: -kɒ

### Noun

politika (countable and uncountable, plural politikák)
* politics
* policy (plan or course of action)

#### Derived terms

* politikai
* belpolitika
* külpolitika
* pártpolitika
* politikaelmélet
* politikamentes
* politikatudomány
* struccpolitika

#### Related terms

* politikus
* politizál

### Further reading

* politika in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Latvian
### Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek πολιτικά (politiká).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [pɔlːitːikːa]
* Hyphenation: po‧li‧ti‧ka

### Noun

politika f (4th declension)
* (uncountable) politics (the branch of public activity, which includes the state system, administration, activity, relations between states, peoples, social groups)
* (countable) policy (prethought, considered, also resourceful behavior, action, also a set of techniques to achieve some goal)

#### Related terms

* politisks
* politikānis m
* politiķis m

### References

* “politika” in Latviešu literārās valodas vārdnīca
* “politika” in Mūsdienu latviešu valodas vārdnīca
* politika at tezaurs.lv

## Lithuanian
### Noun

polìtika f stress pattern 1
* politics
* policy

#### Declension
## Lower Sorbian
### Etymology

From Latin politica, from Ancient Greek πολιτική (politikḗ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɔˈlitʲika/, [pɔˈlʲitʲika]

### Noun

politika f
* politics

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Starosta, Manfred (1999) “politika”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

## Maltese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian politica.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɔˈliː.tɪ.ka/

### Noun

politika f (plural politiki)
* politics
* policy

### Adjective

politika f
* feminine singular of politiku

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /polǐtika/
* Hyphenation: po‧li‧ti‧ka

### Noun

polìtika f (Cyrillic spelling полѝтика)
* policy
* (uncountable) politics

#### Declension
## Slovak
### Etymology

Derived from Latin politica.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpɔlitika]

### Noun

politika f (relational adjective politický)
* politics
* policy

#### Derived terms

* politik m
* politička f
* politický (adj)
* politicky (adverb)
* politickosť f

### Further reading

* “politika”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* pulitika — superseded, pre-2014

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish política, from Latin polītica, from Ancient Greek πολιτικῇ (politikêi).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /poˈlitika/ [poˌliː.t̪ɪˈxa]
* Rhymes: -itika
* Syllabification: po‧li‧ti‧ka

### Noun

polítiká (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜒᜆᜒᜃ)
* (uncountable) politics
* (uncommon) policy
    Synonyms: polisiya, patakaran

#### Derived terms

* mamolitika
* pamomolitika
* pampolitika
* politikahin

#### Related terms

* akropolis
* metropolis
* metropolitano
* polisiya
* politikal
* politiko
* pulis
* pulisya

### Further reading

* “politika”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پولتیقه (politika), from Italian politica.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /po.li.ti.kɑ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

politika (definite accusative politikayı, plural politikalar)
* politics
    Synonym: siyaset
* policy

#### Derived terms

* politikacı